People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and
all their running dogs! People of the world, be courageous, and
dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then
the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds
shall be destroyed.

"Statement
Supporting the People of the Congo (L.) Against
U.S. Aggression" (November 28, 1964), People of the World,
Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd
ed., p. 14.

The Communist Party of China, having made a
clear-headed appraisal of the international and domestic situation
on the basis of the science of Marxism-Leninism, recognized that
all attacks by the reactionaries at home and abroad had to be
defeated and could be defeated. When dark clouds appeared in the
sky, we pointed out that they were only temporary, that the
darkness would soon pass and the sun break through.

Historically, all reactionary forces on the verge of
extinction invariably conduct a last desperate struggle against
the revolutionary forces, and some revolutionaries are apt to be
deluded for a time by this phenomenon of outward strength but
inner weakness failing to grasp the essential fact that the enemy
is nearing extinction while they themselves are approaching
victory.

"The Turning Point in World
War II" (October 12, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III,
p. 103.

If they [the Kuomintang] fight, we will wipe them
out completely. This is the way things are: if they attack and we
wipe them out, they will have that satisfaction; wipe out some,
some satisfaction; wipe out more, more satisfaction; wipe out the
whole lot, complete satisfaction. China's problems are
complicated, and our brains must also be a little complicated. If
they start fighting, we fight back, fight to win peace.

If anyone attacks
us and if the conditions are favorable for battle, we will
certainly act in self-defense to wipe him out resolutely,
thoroughly, wholly and completely (we do not strike rashly, but
when we do strike, we must win). We must never be cowed by the
bluster of reactionaries.

We are for peace. But so long as
U.S. imperialism refuses to give up its arrogant and unreasonable
demands and its scheme to extend aggression, the only course for
the Chinese people is to remain determined to go on fighting side
by side with the Korean people. Not that we are warlike. We are
willing to stop the war at once and leave the remaining questions
for later settlement. However, U.S. imperialism is not willing to
do so. All right then let the fighting go on. However many years
U.S. imperialism wants to fight, we are ready to fight right up to
the moment when it is willing to stop, right up to the moment of
complete victory for the Chinese and Korean peoples.

Speech at the Fourth Session of the First National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (February 7, 1953).

We should rid our ranks of
all impotent thinking. All views that overestimate the strength of
the enemy and underestimate the strength of the people are
wrong.

The oppressed peoples and nations must not pin their
hopes for liberation on the "sensibleness" of
imperialism and its lackeys. They will only triumph by
strengthening their unity and persevering in their
struggle.

"Statement Opposing
Aggression Against Southern Vietnam and Slaughter of Its People by
the U.S.-Ngo Dinh Diem Clique" (August 29, 1963), People of
the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their
Lackeys, 2nd ed., p. 6.

No matter when this countrywide
civil war breaks out, we must be well prepared. If it comes early,
say, tomorrow morning, we should also be prepared. That is point
one. In the present international and domestic situation, it is
possible that for a time the civil war will be kept restricted in
scale and localized. That is point two. Point 1 is what we should
prepare for; point two is what has existed for a long time. In
short, we must be prepared. Being prepared, we shall be able to
deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.

"The Situation and Our Policy After the
Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan" (August 13,
1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 22.